Historical sketches of old Charing.: The hospital and chapel of Saint Mary Roncevall. Eleanor of Castile, Queen of England, and the monuments erected in her memory.Galloway, James, Sir
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Historical sketches of old Charing.: The hospital and chapel of Saint Mary Roncevall. Eleanor of Castile, Queen of England, and the monuments erected in her memory.
Galloway, James, Sir
Eleanor, Queen, consort of Edward I, King of England, -1290 -- Monuments; Hospital of St. Mary Rounceval
FIG. 1.—The Chapel of St. Mary Roncevall on the bank of the Thames
previous to 1544. The chapel is of the middle of the thirteenth century,
in two storeys, with later additions, probably of the Tudor period, to
the south of the church and at the north-east angle. The tower and
belfry are at the north-east end of the church. The chapel is built on a
terrace, faced by a high wall, pierced by a door giving access by steps
to the river. The sketch gives indications of portions of the conventual
buildings, some of which may be identified by referring to the inventory
contained in the grant to Sir Thomas Cawarden; for instance, the
gardens, the churchyard, wharf, the almshouse. The Cross at Charing, St
Martin’s Church of that period, other features in the village of
Charing, and St. Giles’s in the Fields, may be identified.
FIG. 2.—A chart of the Western Pyrenees, showing the roads through the
passes, and the position of Roncesvalles and Ibañeta.
FIGS. 3 and 4.—The effigy of William Marshall, Earl of Pembroke (_ob._
1219), in the Temple Church.
FIGS. 5, 6, and 7.—The effigy of William Marshall, Earl of Pembroke, son
of the preceding (_ob._ 1231). These figures of the Marshalls are from
Edward Richardson’s “Monumental Effigies of the Temple Church.”
Longmans, 1843. William Marshall, sen., the regent, and his son were
closely associated with the Knights Templars, and benefactors of the
Order. It will be noted that the effigy of the father shows the figure
in a straight position, whereas the effigy of the son is in the
cross-legged attitude. The question is naturally raised as to the
significance of the cross-legged position. There is no doubt that
William Marshall the elder did go to the Holy Land in fulfilment of the
dying request of Henry, the eldest son of Henry II, in the years
1185-87. In the case of the son there is no evidence of a journey to
Palestine, though it is possible that he may have taken part in
campaigns against the Moors in Spain.
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